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☆ Kai/starlight | they/them | 17 | autistic nb aro/ace bi (testing labels) | anti | Multifandom | I draw and do icons ☆
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why genderbends are transphobic: a tl;dr version

  • they assume every character is cis by default
  • 99.9% of the time nonbinary identities are ignored and the only two genders used are male and female
  • they imply that in order for someone to be a certain gender, their body has to change to fit it (i.e., a character can’t go from male to female without having wider hips and breasts)
  • they imply physical characteristics = gender
  • all of the above are examples of cissexism, which perpetuates the marginalization and erasure of trans people
  • stop arguing with trans people about whether genderbends are transphobic or not, especially if you’re cis
  • the end
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reblogging solely for that deeply unnerving caption

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doctorsiggy

FRESHLY PEELED SHEEPS

Fuck this. Does everyone just not see the blood scrapes on some of their backs and faces???!!! Anyone, seriously, correct me if I’m wrong because this is making me upset af

Domesticated sheep need to be sheared because they don’t shed their coats on their own and it can be bad for their health if it gets too big.

Also, it looks considering how close they cut that it went fairly well. I see like 2 nicks maybe, but with the photo it’s hard to tell. I mean, unfortunately, you’re going to nick a few animals because they don’t understand the order of “stand still” very well. 

Sheep can die from heat exhaustion if they aren’t sheared. 

Also, their skin secretes lanolin, which quickly soothes and heals any nicks they get during shearing. 

in conclusion, it is good to peel the sheeps

Please peel your sheeps

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greelinged

whenever I see someone say “this fandom doesn’t deserve a healthy lgbt ship becoming canon because they suck” I roll my eyes so far back into my head because how fucking daft do you have to be to not see how good any potential healthy rep is to the entire world and understand that only a small majority of audiences are in fandoms while there are people out there who don’t fandom and who need (or deserve, because of course, lgbt rep is now about deserving isn’t it) positive rep in a show. like. maybe get off your high horse and stop acting so fucking transparent, mayhaps?

people really have to understand that their world may be this fandom and this show but that isn’t the case for a lot of people and in the big picture like you said healthy representation of lgbt relationships in voltron or any media is so important and necessary to society especially in this day and age. they also have to take into account that voltron is intended for children and lgbt kids seeing healthy representation of themselves on their favorite show would be so special and good for them to see. i personally wish i had gotten to have the privilege of seeing any lgbt rep in the media when i was younger but i didn’t, and now that there’s more representation in the media the lgbt community and especially lgbt kids deserve to see healthy representation that will help them to grow and find peace in their identities and us as teens and adults to do the same. it’s so important. it’s not something that should be used as a bargaining chip or a strategy or even as a punishment if it’s taken away. you know that’s kind of frustrating actually that people see it that way. this is people’s lives. this is who people actually are and these are their relationships. being in the lgbt community isnt just a kink or a fun little thing. it’s not just something in a tv its real life and real people. and as people we deserve to see ourselves represented. but thats just my Humble Onion

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Honestly something that bothers me more than most things is having my compassion mistaken for naivety.

I know that another fish might eat this bullfrog right after I spend months rehabilitating it.

I know that turning a beetle back onto its legs won’t save it from falling over again when I walk away.

I know that there is no cosmic reward waiting for my soul based on how many worms I pick off a hot sidewalk to put into the mud, or how many times I’ve helped a a raccoon climb out of a too-deep trashcan. 

I know things suffer, and things struggle, and things die uselessly all day long. I’m young and idealistic, but I’m not literally a child. I would never judge another person for walking by an injured bird, for ignoring a worm, or for not really caring about the fate of a frog in a pond full of, y’know, plenty of other frogs.

There is nothing wrong with that.

But I cannot cannot cannot look at something struggling and ignore it if I may have the power to help.

There is so much bad stuff in this world so far beyond my control, that I take comfort in the smallest, most thankless tasks. It’s a relief to say “I can help you in this moment,” even though they don’t understand.

I don’t need a devil’s advocate to tell me another fish probably ate that frog when I let it go, or that the raccoon probably ended up trapped in another dumpster the next night.

I know!!!! I know!!!!!!! But today I had the power to help! So I did! And it made me happy!

So just leave me alone alright thank u!!!!

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shrineart

THIS.

I heard a story about this, a parable I guess.

There was a big storm and a ton of starfish were washed onto the beach, stranded much further up than they could get back and beginning to bake in the post-storm sunshine. A little girl was walking down the beach, picking up starfish and throwing them back into the sea. Some guy comes up and asks her what she’s doing. “Saving the starfish,” she says.

He looks around at the huge beach and the hundreds of starfish, and says “You can’t possibly save them all. I’m afraid you’re not gonna make much of a difference.”

She throws another starfish back into the ocean, and replies “It made a difference to that one.”

Yeah, I mean, we know we can’t change all the things. But have you ever noticed how much better life is when you’re around people who change things when they can?

Kindness is a choice. Even if it’s small, it’s worth it.

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itsladykit

This is what I’m talking about, when I say that kindness and compassion do not equate with ignorance, stupidity, or naivety. Being cynical does not make someone more intelligent or more worldly. 

Kindness is not weakness.

Kindness is brave. Especially when you also know that your kindness might not be returned, may even be met with anger or cruelty. It’s reaching out with an open hand, knowing that it’s just as likely to be bitten as it is to be held. 

Kindness is hard. If you can’t find it in yourself to be kind, then fine. But don’t make it more difficult for those that can.

Kindness is a discipline, a skill like anything else. Don’t think you can simply be nice the odd time and call yourself kind. Kind takes work, ethic, perseverance. It must be pursued even in the darkest of times. Mercy is for those who deserve it the least and vows are for the times when it is most difficult to withstand.

If you aren’t pursuing it every day, then you’re not kind. You’re occasionally nice. 

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small announcement

outside of anything I've already agreed to do/in discord servers I will be taking a break from the voltron fandom, this will not be a "i'm leaving" thing this is just until the new season so I can focus on the new season of mlp which mlp has been my special interest since I was 12 so *shurg* I'll still reblog vld content time to time but that will be about it

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